Improvement in bracelets



L. HECKMANN. Bracelet.

I P ented Nov. I9, 137

, WITNESEES -1 NVE N T EI R M I I N. PETERS, PHOTD-UTMOGRAPHEFLWASHlNdTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS HEOKMANN, OF \VRENTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS HISRIGHT TO WILLIAM H. WADE AND EDWARD P. DAVIS, OF

SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRACELETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 210,119, dated November19, 1878; application filed October 21, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS HEOKMANN, of Wrentham, in the county ofNorfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovementin Bracelets, of which the following is a specification:

This invention consists of a bracelet each half of which is constructedof two channelshaped pieces of metal struck up in a die, said two piecesbeing arranged relatively as below described, so that the sides of thechannel-shaped pieces form the front and back of the bracelet, and thebottoms of the chaniiel-shaped pieces form the edges of the brace- Theadvantages of this construction and the natureof the invention in detailare below set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of abracelet embodying my invention, the trimming having been removed. Fig.2is asectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of avariation.

The first and second figures represent an oval bracelet, made in twoparts, hinged in the ordinary manner at 3 and provided with the usualcatch 00. Each of the two parts or halves of the bracelet consists oftwo channelshaped pieces of metal, a a, an upper and an under one,connected in any ordinary manner 'at their ends, and placed a shortdistance apart.

The bottoms to of the channel-shaped pieces form the edges of thebracelet, and the sides a a' form, respectively, the front and back.

As all four of the pieces forming the bracelet are alike, they can bestruck from one die. Bracelets of different widths can be produced bymerely placing the pieces a nearer to or farther from each other, or theparts may be closed together, as in Fig. 3. Of course, suitable trimmingor ornamentation will be applied to the bracelet whether it is madeopen, as in Figs. 1 and 2, or closed, as in Fig. 3. A braceletconstructed as above described is very strong, and not liable to becomebent or broken. One great advantage possessed by my invention is, thatit has no seams whatever upon its edges. Fig. 4 shows a section andsectional view of a bracelet now in common use, in which 0 is the front,and d the lining or back. Of course, in this bracelet there are twoseams, which aifect and are affected by the skin, and also are liable toopen. is no seam upon the edge to open, become dirty, or injure theskin, and no lining is necessary. Again, aperfect oval can be producedin my bracelet, while, practically, that is impossible in the braceletshown in Fig. 4.. The part 0 cannot be struck up into a perfect oval,owing to the spring of the metal.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire -tosecure by Letters Patent, is V A bracelet each half of whichisconstructed of two channel-shaped pieces whose bottoms form the edges,and whose sides form the front and back of the bracelet, said piecesbeing suitably connected, and ornamented or not, as desired,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

LOUIS HEOKMANN.

In my invention there

